Abstract
The aim of the study was to investigate: a) the participation motives of adults who take part in recreational dance activities, b) whether their demographic characteristics differentiate their participation motives and goal orientation and c) the relation between motivation and goal orientation. The study sample was 908 adult men and women, who participated in learning Greek dances. For the data collection, the method used was the Greek version (Patsiaouras, Keramida & Papanikolaou, 2004) of Participation Motivation Questionnaire (Gill, Gross & Huddleston, 1983) and the Greek version (Diggelidis & Papaioannou, 2002) of “Personal Orientation” questionnaire (TEOSQ: Task & Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire) (Duda & Whitehead, 1998). Considering the results of the research, the emerging conclusions are: a) the factors “fitness”, “abilities-skills” and “friendship” constitute the most important motives for participating in dance activities. b) gender, age, educational level and dancing experience become partly differentiating factors for participation motives c. among the recreational dance activities, Greek dances form a natural activity in which the participants are both internally and externally motivated. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3p302
Highlights
The fifties is a decade of paramount importance for the Greek society and the Greek dance, since during these years the last traces of their traditional expression are lost
The dance association rooms which are created by the internal migrants in their new places of settlement become the main spaces of presenting Greek dances
The results show that dance is an activity which the participants can aspire to many things from
Summary
The fifties is a decade of paramount importance for the Greek society and the Greek dance, since during these years the last traces of their traditional expression are lost. Dance loses its natural environment, which was the village square, and it is transferred to the city as a spectacle. The various entertainment restaurants and the dance association rooms are the new spaces of presenting it (Filippou, 2015a). The dance association rooms which are created by the internal migrants in their new places of settlement become the main spaces of presenting Greek dances. The function of dance as a commonly organized and executed activity changes, as it acquires a practical and educational character. The aim of a dance association is, mainly, the stage presentation of a dance, the emphasis given on learning its technique, a procedure which requires constant and tiresome effort (Filippou, 2014)
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